file created: 12/07/02 01:05:08 , last update: 05/27/02
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CL Tama
Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Kuma 1918/08/10
Micubishi Nagasaki
1920/02/10 1921/01/29 1944/10/25
sunk
Namesake: "Mountain Top" ("vrchol hory"), or "Wetlands" ("mokré země") - a river in Musashi province, also a mountain and a place name
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41     5thFlt/CruDiv21    
42/03/12       departed Jokosuka to join searching for US forces after Marcus raid   99 
42/05 42/06   D4/AleFor/KiskaLandFor/GF xMidway  
42/10/27 42/10/30     troop transport run from Paramushiru to Attu   99 
43/03/23 43/03/28   CruDiv21 xKomand   89 
43/07/21 43/07/27? KE   Kiska evacuation  
43/07/27?   KE 5thFlt/FltF disable(engines failure) > sent back to Paramushiru   71 
43/09/26 43/09/28     troop transport run from Truk to Ponape and back   99 
43/10/19 43/10/21     troop transport run from Truk to Rabaul   99 
44/08/11 44/08/14     transport run from Jokosuka to Cicijima and back   99 
44/10     MainFor xLeyte  
44/10/25     MainFor xEngano (damaged - aerial torpedo)   104 
44/10/26     MainFor sunk(Jallao) NE of Cape Engano (21-23N, 127-19E)   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 21°23'N., 127°19'E.
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